Has your garden been talking to you? I know that if it isn’t Catharine, mom or a friend, then it must be my garden, reminding me there is work to be done. I ...

That pint of beer chilling in your fridge is all it takes to get rid of the pests in your home garden. Here's how to set up a ...

Key Points Herbs like garlic, thyme, and peppermint help keep slugs away when grown nearby or used in sprays.Flowers like ...

Q. Help. I planted my winter garden and now the snails are eating my newly planted cabbage and pak choi plants. I have tried baits and beer traps but that does not seem to be stopping them from ...

A slug feasting on a green lettuce leaf in a garden. - MakroBetz/Shutterstock Imagine this: You walk into your garden to harvest some lettuce leaves and suddenly realize that they're covered with ...

It's easy to spot snails and slugs when they're large, but finding one snail is a sign that you need to start looking around and find the smaller snails or slugs that are sure to be nearby. Snails and ...

Farmers and gardeners spend much of the year in a constant battle to stop slugs and snails eating their vegetables. But these animals have been locked in their own co-evolutionary arms race for ...

Snails and slugs are common pests in gardens. They belong to the mollusk family along with oysters, and they crawl along over a thin layer of slime that they produce to ease their way. Snails carry a ...

Regular and even abundant rainfall in the spring and early summer has encouraged high populations of snails and slugs this year. Snails and slugs belong to the mollusk family along with oysters. They ...

Imagine this: You walk into your garden to harvest some lettuce leaves and suddenly realize that they're covered with silvery mucus and are riddled with holes. Ugh! The slugs and snails are at it ...